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PHQ9

Patient Health Questionnaire 9

PMHP

Perinatal mental health problems

PMI

Perinatal mental illness

PND

Postnatal depression

Puerperal psychosis

Prevalence

The proportion of cases in the population at a given time, rather than rate of occur-

rence of new cases

Psychiatric disorder

A mental or behavioural pattern or anomaly that causes distress or disabil- ity, and which is not developmentally or socially normative

Psychological

Related to the mental and emotional state of a person

PTSD

Post-traumatic stress disorder

RCOG

Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists

SIGN

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

SMI

Serious mental illness

United Kingdom

WHO

World Health Organization

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